On the joy of watching Roger play live at Wimbledon.

On surfer girls in Maui; the story that led to the film Blue Crush.

A youth wasted on pro-level ultimate frisbee.

A profile of a 25-year-old Spanish sensation.

At age 17, Bonnie Richardson won the Texas state track team championship all by herself. Then she did it again.

Wealthy businessman Merv Bodnarchuk put together the dream team of curling. Then he put himself in the lineup.

The story of the 100-mile Barkley Marathons.

How a rugby legend came out.

A bullfighter’s comeback after a brutal goring.

The underground culture of big waves and wild times in 1961 Malibu, and the gang of teenage boys who worshiped at the feet of the beach’s dark prince, surfing legend and grifter Miki Dora.

The first piece of gonzo journalism, annotated.

The comeback of Marty Reisman, the most flamboyant figure in the history of table tennis, and the self-proclaimed greatest hardbat player ever.

A profile of Jimmy Connors on the eve of the 1978 U.S. Open. His legendary confidence, honed by his mother since childhood, was in free-fall. (He would go on to win the final in straight sets.)

Surfing San Francisco with a true believer.

The strange case of Kip Litton, road race fraud.

After one of the most decisive wins in Kentucky Derby history, Barbaro broke his leg at the Preakness, ending a promising career and beginning a herculean effort to save his life.

Tracing the Boston Marathon route via the people who live and work along its course.

The gamblers and teenage cons who haunted New York City’s 60s-era all night bowling alleys.

Behind the scenes of the lovely, strange world of competitive eating.

Captain Iván Castro, who lost his vision in Iraq, runs the Boston Marathon.

Why people keep dying on Mount Everest.

An American enrolls in a Beijing ping-pong school. A series of humiliations ensue.

On surf legend Eddie Aikau and the complicated history of Hawaii.

Life as an elite Scrabble player at the “first-ever four-day, 54-player, 24-match $100,000 Scrabble Superstars Showdown.”

Professional daredevils in love.